Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-26
A New TELEPHONE.
Interesting Experiments Made Recently
Between Paris and Brussels.

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Between Paris and Brussels.
was invited to be present recent,
al some telephone experiments between
Paris and Brussels with n new ap-
paratus known a. the ''micro-telephone
push button.' These experiments,
which were made on behalf of the two
Geographic administrative depart
ments of France and Belgium. produced
very lively impression on those pres
cnt, and | believe the new apparatus
to be the most perfect yet produced.
As its name indicates. it has the form
of an ordinary electric push-button
When the button has been pushed in,
and has made n sound ut the other cx
tremity. it is taken out, and is found to
be attached to long electric wire
There is thus exposed the telephone
plate. which is extremely sensitive. so
that where it is necessary to speak at
short distances it is not necessary to
come close to the instrument. For
communications in the same
street or in the same house,
the operator places the upper part
near himself, and without changing
his position he can speak with the
correspondent ut the opposite eXtrcmi-
ty He is not obliged to put his ear to
the part which contains the button and
brings back the reply. Thus for short
distances those who make use of this
apparatus speak in their ordinary tone,
without changing their customary at.
titudes. They may sit or walk about,
and speak just as if those they are adj
dressing were present. When great
distances intervene, as in the expert :
ments performed to-day, in which the
speakers and hearers were separated
by two hundred miles, it is necessary
to come nearer to the apparatus, but
without being obliged to speak quite
close to it.
But what makes this apparatus the
/ most successful of telephone instru-
ments is, that it can be made for half Il
crown-that is to say, for not moro
than the price of the ordinary push
button. Now, as it can be fitted to the
/ electric wire of the ordinary ringing
apparatus. it follows that it introduces
complete change in our ordinary
modes of intercourse. AT front
doors, in the interior rooms OF
houses, everywhere in short, where the
ordinary electric buttons are used, the
telephone button may be introduced.
Ii will by this means be possible to give
or receive instructions, to know who i:
knocking at the door, to communicate
in short, by speaking as well as b,
ringing On the advantage OF this il
everyday life it is unnecessary t.
dwell. The railway companies ar
making experiments with this az
paratuS rs means of communicable
J between compartments OF carriages.
is being fitted up on trial in hotels.
=. have seen it ut work ut the door of
I private house. where l was replied
:. by those within without their hayin
!, stirred from their places. or withol
I she door being opened. Between Par
;. and Brussels, this instrument, costin
half a crown, worked with admirab
precision, and it was not altogetht
/
to voice with slight Belgian aceei
D. coming to me from distance OF mo-
I than two hundred miles.
The inventor is d.. Cornelius Her
d. one day nominated grand officer of Il
T. Legion of Honor, next day describ
as an emissary of Germany, and last
in AS the friend. adviser and coniidant
TO General Boulanger. He is in rcali
an electrician whose inventive tale
NJ has been stimulated by his residen
j. in America, where there is boundlt
10 demand for improvement in electric
apparatus and in all mechanical co
trivances. The French Minister
Il posts and telegraphs, under who
- auspices the experiments were carri
1'Ss out. has approved the report made
aim. and proposes TO give orders
the introduction of the new apparat
~ - into all the public administrative {
!! partments as soon as it comes into Ii
=, for rs yet it has only been an expe
~ ment. -Pdris Cor. London Times.